Bereavement and Suicide Helplines

The organisations listed below provide support and information on a range of topics related to bereavement and suicide. This section contains helplines in the categories listed. You can jump to a specific topic or scroll through the options. If your topic isn't listed or you want further support, you may wish to contact a Universal Helpline.

The organisations listed below are given in no order of preference; feel free to contact whichever service you would like or none at all. Please note that some of these services are advisory and are marked as such.

Bereavement - General

Cruse Bereavement Care

CBC is a listening service that offers emotional support to anyone affected by bereavement. It can also recommend other useful sources of information such as support groups or financial advisors.Opening TimesMonday and Friday, 9:30am-5pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9:30am-8pmContact
0844 477 9400[email protected]http://www.cruse.org.uk/

Natural Death Centre Charity

The Natural Death Centre provides help, support, advice and guidance for planning a funeral, either for yourself or for someone close to you.Opening TimesContact
01962 712 690http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk/

Bereavement - Child

Child Death Helpline

The Child Death Helpline is a listening service that offers support to anyone affected by the death of a child (including parents with adult children), however recent or long ago. Volunteers have also lost a child, and will provide support not only at times of crisis but also for the on-going needs over a caller's lifetime.Opening TimesMonday, Thursday, Friday, 10am-1pm, 7pm-10pm Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am-4pm, 7pm-10pmContact
0800 282 986 (landline) or 0808 800 6019 (mobile)http://childdeathhelpline.org.uk/

Compassionate Friends

Compassionate Friends offers support and information for bereaved parents and their families. All volunteers are bereaved parents.Opening TimesMonday-Sunday, 10am-4pm, 7pm-10pmContact
0845 123 2304http://www.tcf.org.uk/

Acorn Centre Advisory

The Acorn Centre is a Christian run organisation that offers counselling and support for people in a pregnancy-related crisis, including post natal depression, bereavement following pregnancy, and post-natal depression. They provide advice and information on issues such as options when unexpectedly pregnant and post-abortion counselling.Opening TimesMonday, Wednesday, Friday, 10am-2pmContact
024 7638 1878http://www.acorncentrenuneaton.co.uk/

Road Death

Road Peace

Road Peace offers emotional and practical support to road crash victims including those bereaved or injured. They also provide clarification and guidance through legal processes, and can offer ideas for day-to-day coping strategies.Opening TimesMonday-Friday, 9am-5pmContact
0845 4500 355http://www.roadpeace.org/

Suicide

Calm

Calm offers support to men in the UK, of any age, who are down, in crisis or are suicidal.Opening TimesMonday-Sunday, 5pm-midnightContact
0800 58 58 58https://www.thecalmzone.net/

Samaritans

Samaritans offer confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress, despair or suicidal thoughts. The helpline is for any problem and callers do not have to be suicidal.Opening TimesMonday-Sunday, 24hrsContact
116 123http://www.samaritans.org/

Papyrus (Hopeline UK) Advisory

Papyrus' Hopeline offers non-judgemental support, practical advice and information to anyone under 35 years struggling to deal with suicidal thoughts, or anyone who is concerned about a young person.Opening TimesMonday-Friday, 10am-10pm Sat and Sun, 2pm-5pmContact
0800 068 4141[email protected]https://www.papyrus-uk.org/

Coventry Adult Single Point of Entry Team

Single Point of Entry provides access to all Adult Secondary Care Mental Health Services (including Crisis Team and the Eating Disorder Service). Crisis teams accept referrals from people experiencing psychiatric crisis, eating disorder, dementia, autism or learning disabilities. This service will take referrals for students experiencing mental health difficulties who are living on campus or in Coventry.Opening TimesMonday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Calls outside this time will be transferred to the Crisis Team, Monday-Sunday, 24hrsContact
0300 200 0011
Adult Single Point of Entry, c/o Secondary Care Mental Health Central Booking Service, The Paybody Building, City of Coventry Health Centre, CV1 4FS